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Group portrait of boys going home from Monongah Glass Workers, Fairmont, W. Va.  Credit National Archives 102-LH-185. <br /><br />

1. Boys Going Home From Monongah Glass Works, Fairmont, W. Va.

Group portrait of boys going home from Monongah Glass Works, Fairmont, W. Va.  Credit National Archives 102-LH-185.<br /><br />

2. Boys Going Home From Monongah Glass Works, Fairmont, W. Va.

A group portrait of boys going home from Monongah Glass Works, Fairmont, W. Va.  Credit National Archives 102-LH-185.<br />

3. Boys Going Home From Monongah Glass Works, Fairmont, W. Va.

Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.  Trolley car in the foreground.

4. Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.

Men stand on the porch of the Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.

5. Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va.

This is a view of the Bee Hive Coke Ovens at Mine No. 63, Monongah, W. Va.

6. Bee Hive Coke Ovens at Mine No. 63, Monongah, W. Va.

Bank of Bee Hive ovens in operation at Mine No. 63, Monongah, W. Va.

7. Bee Hive Coke Ovens at Mine No. 63, Monongah, W. Va.

Caskets lining the street as horse-drawn hearse takes caskets to the mine.

8. Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah

Street scene after Monongah disaster. Horse-drawn hearse delivers caskets to the mine and coffins line the street of Monongah.

9. Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah

Wives and family members wait for men outside Monongah No. 8 mine. A. G. Martin and Company, Fairmont, W. Va.

10. Wives Waiting for Husbands at Mine No. 8 after Monongah Mine Disaster

Caption on back reads, 'Picture of Perry Vernon with his lard oil miner's lamp in the Monongah mine previous to that mine's explosion in 1907. Mr. Vernon resided in South Side Fairmont, hastily gathered a group of rescuers a few minutes after the Monongah explosion occured and was the first party to reach the scene of the explosion. The group traveled by a special street car which was operated by James O. Watson, II.'

11. Vernon, Perry and Horse in the Monongah Mine

Wives and other family members waiting outside Monongah Mine No. 8 for information regarding if their husbands and/or sons are dead or alive.  A.G. Martin & Company.

12. Wives Waiting for Husbands at Mine No. 8 after Monongah Mine Disaster, Marion County, W. Va.